Professional baseball coach Lotte Kim Tae-hyung (second from the right) protests against the Automatic Ball and Strike System ( ABS ) during a game visiting Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 13th.
“That's not baseball. “The players are very dissatisfied.”
Coach Kim Tae-hyung, who leads professional baseball team Lotte, said this ahead of the visit to Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 14th.
Here, 'that' is the Automatic Ball and Strike System ( ABS ).
Contrary to the prediction that the introduction of ABS would be advantageous for pitchers, there is a high-low, high-low pitch atmosphere in the early part of the season.
As of the 14th, the league average OPS (on-base percentage + slugging power) was 0.761, up 0.049 from last year (0.712).
On the other hand, Lotte is living in an era where they are the only players with a team OPS of 0.638.
So, it is difficult to see it as strange that Director Kim is dissatisfied with ABS.
It cannot be said that the reason Lotte is unable to hit is necessarily due to ABS.
This is because Lotte's batting line is basically in the 'let's swing it and see' mode.
When the batter swings the bat, the ABS does not judge balls or strikes.
First of all, the opposing team's pitchers have thrown a total of 2853 balls to Lotte batters until this day.
Lotte hitters swung the bat 48.6% of the time = they sent the pitch to fair or foul territory or missed it. Of course, 48.6% is the highest among the 10 professional baseball teams.
Swinging the bat basically means that you had the intention to hit the ball.
However, 11.1% of all pitches thrown by pitchers against Lotte batters ended in missed swings.
Of course, this ratio is also the highest among the 10 teams in the league.
Fortunately for Lotte, the percentage of missed swings among swing attempts (22.9%) is not the highest.
KT (23.1%) ranks first in this ratio, ahead of Lotte.
However, it is inevitable that the expression 'margin of error', which you may have heard here and there during the general election, comes to mind.
The reason why Lotte's batting lineup has a lot of missed swings is because they often try to swing at balls that are outside the strike zone, that is, balls that could be balls.
Lotte batters swung their bats at 34.2% of the balls that could have been balls.
Of course, this time too, it is the highest record among the 10 teams in the league.
For reference, the league average was 28.9%.
As a result, Lotte became the team with the highest swing strikeout rate in the league (78.7%). 고스톱사이트
“That's not baseball. “The players are very dissatisfied.”
Coach Kim Tae-hyung, who leads professional baseball team Lotte, said this ahead of the visit to Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 14th.
Here, 'that' is the Automatic Ball and Strike System ( ABS ).
Contrary to the prediction that the introduction of ABS would be advantageous for pitchers, there is a high-low, high-low pitch atmosphere in the early part of the season.
As of the 14th, the league average OPS (on-base percentage + slugging power) was 0.761, up 0.049 from last year (0.712).
On the other hand, Lotte is living in an era where they are the only players with a team OPS of 0.638.
So, it is difficult to see it as strange that Director Kim is dissatisfied with ABS.
It cannot be said that the reason Lotte is unable to hit is necessarily due to ABS.
This is because Lotte's batting line is basically in the 'let's swing it and see' mode.
When the batter swings the bat, the ABS does not judge balls or strikes.
First of all, the opposing team's pitchers have thrown a total of 2853 balls to Lotte batters until this day.
Lotte hitters swung the bat 48.6% of the time = they sent the pitch to fair or foul territory or missed it. Of course, 48.6% is the highest among the 10 professional baseball teams.
Swinging the bat basically means that you had the intention to hit the ball.
However, 11.1% of all pitches thrown by pitchers against Lotte batters ended in missed swings.
Of course, this ratio is also the highest among the 10 teams in the league.
Fortunately for Lotte, the percentage of missed swings among swing attempts (22.9%) is not the highest.
KT (23.1%) ranks first in this ratio, ahead of Lotte.
However, it is inevitable that the expression 'margin of error', which you may have heard here and there during the general election, comes to mind.
The reason why Lotte's batting lineup has a lot of missed swings is because they often try to swing at balls that are outside the strike zone, that is, balls that could be balls.
Lotte batters swung their bats at 34.2% of the balls that could have been balls.
Of course, this time too, it is the highest record among the 10 teams in the league.
For reference, the league average was 28.9%.
As a result, Lotte became the team with the highest swing strikeout rate in the league (78.7%). 고스톱사이트